Plural (intermediate)

Plural (intermediate)

Dutch vs. English

Dutch vs. English 

Omgeving

Dutch vs. English

Dutch vs. English

What did you notice?

• Dutch: singular
• English: pleural  

Dutch vs. English

Dutch vs. English

Deze demonstranten houden hun bord vast.

Dutch vs. English

What did you notice?

• Objects with two equal parts: always in pleural
• After a/an or telwoord always pair of -> a pair of shorts
• After a number always pair of -> two pairs of shorts

• These protesters are holding their signs.

What did you notice?

• If the subject of the sentence is pleural, then the object is a pleural too. 

Singular = plural in:

• Chinese
  
• Japanese
  
• Swiss
  
• Sheep
  
• Deer
  
• species
• Means
• Crossroads
• Spacecraf
• Hoovercraft

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